Guest Rigor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 allright russ its in color this is a great build to watch! nice work man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Great stuff Russ Looking really nice. Looking forward to seeing her all finished up. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Bloody Awesome Russ.. One of my favorite builds of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 She's gonna look very good, Russ!! Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Hey dude! Excellent stuff as usual should I say. She is really getting alife with the color on and she is a beauty. Cheers, Loic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 fantastic job, russ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 HEEEEEY, Everybody!!!! Whelp, it's been a little over a week since I last posted, and I feel the strangely exciting urge to post some crappy pics! About time to take a break from my crusade to 'Save The Manatee'(and it's Philippine cousin the 'dugong') and post the latest news anyway. Hey, I'm DONE! Whoohoo!! I'm going to post the last in-progress pics here tonight, then post the finished Flapjack in that new gallery they got going on for finished builds. I ended up stripping the paint off this lump TWICE with an acetone soaked rag, because of various chemical reactions and blunders. The first coat shown previously never really dried, and reacted with,....well everything I tried to put over it. I thought it was to dark anyway. Yeah, yeah, that's it,....too dark. heh heh. Rather than gnashing my teeth, and gabbering on about sordid details and tales of woe....it's time to post some crappy progress pics. Here's the pilot before a finishing wash to bring out all the rumples in his flight suit and other assorted what-nots. My home-made 'Bugs Bunny squadron marking'. This was before the final lacquer semi-gloss coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Made up all the prop decals, put a wood-grain on the darn things, and finished off the drop tanks. Still had to add clear flat coat over the black areas when these pics were taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Crappy pic of the funky elevon mass balances I had to sculpt, and those gnarly to make white serial numbers and stuff for the rudders. The national insignia I just cut out of white decal sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hmmmm, can't see those mass balances too well in that shot, so here's one from the rear right after I had just sprayed the first coat of lacquer on. Looks kinda wavy in this light, but it settled down nicely when drying. We've ben having 'sand-storm' conditions on the coast here the last few days, and I needed something that would dry like RIGHT NOW so I wouldn't get dust on this thing. Different view from the front during final clear-coating. This is the last pic I'm going to show before posting in the final gallery, so no images of this all put together and finished yet. I want to take the time to take the final pics in daylight. It's hard to get images of this semi-glossy dark blue thing in any other kind of light! Looks pretty cool all finished up, and I can't wait to share pics of what it looks like completed. This build progressed from a 'geometric flatuation', to a waffle, to a lump, to a dung-beetle, to a pancake, to completion. Took me about 3 months total building time with all the pauses (that's a LIFETIME for a Russ-build! ) and required vacuforming and resin-casting. All good fun! Hope everybody enjoyed following along as much as I did building it? I'm ready to dilly-dalley around with something else now, so this thread is now history. Final pics coming soon to the 'Ready For Inspection Gallery'. THE END. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Good GRIEF Russ!!!! Aw crap man, that is stunning. The wooden prop blades look so cool!! Hurry up with those gallery images, I want to see this baby all dressed up in dangles and high heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Whoops, here's 2 more pics I found on my flash drive of the pancake ALMOST done. Still some detail painting and stuff to do,....but a general idea of what it'll look like completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Whuf, and the actual last pic I'm gonna show on this thread. Just had to show something for the end that looks a bit more complete. OK, now I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Brilliant!! You rock!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Brilliant!! You rock!! what he siad x2 - what a beautiful tutorial in Scratchbuilding - careful you'll be giving kit bashers like me ideas above our station! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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